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No. 299,452. Patented May 27, 1884.

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NATHANIEL S. BARGER, OF HAMPTON, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO T. B. TAYLOR A-ND W. D. EVANS, BOTH SAME PLACE.

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SPBCIFICATIONrformng part of Letters Patent No. 299,452, dated May 27, 1884` .Application filed December 31, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL S. BARGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hampton, in the county of Franklin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu Sulky-Plows, of which the fol-A lowing, in connection with the annexed drawings and letters of reference marked thereon,

is a specification.

My invention Vrelates to sulky-plows, and the same will be fully understood from the following specification and claims, in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which latter- Figure l is a perspective rear view of my plow, the plow proper being lowered. Fig. 2 is a perspective side view of the same, showing the plow lowered. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveside View showing the plow raised. Fig.` 4 is a rear View, partly in section and partly in elevation. Fig. 5 isv a part side View and part section of one of the wheels, illustrating the construction of the hollow metallic rim,spokes, and hub. Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal section through the hub of the'landside-wheel and the attachment of the axle. Fig. 7 is a detail top view of the hinged plow-beam bail and plow-standard. Fig. 8 is an end view of one of the wheel-hubs, the sleeve, nut, and wooden boxing being removed. Fig. 9 is a transverse'section of a wheel-hub with spokes, showing a slightly modified construction of the spokes and lips of the hubs; and Fig. 10 is a detail view of the lifting-rods of the bail and lever. y

A A are the traction-wheels of the sulky, the wheel A serving also as a wheel-landside. These wheels are both of the same size, having respectively a hollow rim, W, made of gaspipe, and six double spokes, V V, also made of gas-pipe. By double spokes I mean a spoke having two divergent branches, or bent into V-shape, as shown in Fig-G. Three of these spokes extend from the outer end of the 45 hub and three from the inner end of the same,

those extending from the outer end of the hub, as well as those from the inner end, inclining inwardly as they approach the rim W, as shown. The holes for the-reception of the outer end of l'the spokes are drilled or cut 5o lips, and leaving `the lips raised sufficiently to 6o f provide room between them and the hub for the inner curved coupling end of the double spokes V V to pass underneath the lips. On the outer end of the hub a sleeve, c', with simi lar lips, is provided, made separate from the hub. To apply these double spokes V to the hub and rim ofthe wheel, their outer ends are all inserted into the holes or sockets of the rim, and the inner curved coupling ends` of three of them passed under the lips p of the 7o shoulder c, while the inner ends of the other threespokes are passed under the lips of the sleeve c', whereupon the sleeve c is forced toward shoulder c and tightened up by a nut or burr, c2, on the outer end of the hub until the spokes are made firm between the hub and rim. lVith this construction of the hub the wheel can be tightened up whenever the spokes become loose.

The wheel-landside A is constructed in sub- 8o stantially the same man ner as the vertical wheel A', the sleeve c', shoulder c, and lips p. except that the .lips are longer and extend over the spokes to a greater extent, and the nut or burr c?, the shoulder c, and the sleeve c are so arranged that the spokes are tightened up at the end of the hub nearest the arched frame or axletree C C C2, as 'shown in Fig. 6; or, in other words, the shoulder c, if made solid with the hub of the wheel-landside, is on the outer end, 9o or the end farthest away from the arched support or axle-tree, while the sleeve c', made separate from the hub, is on the end nearest the said arched support or axle-tree.

The spokes V, if desired, can be cut in two at the curve, (see Fig. 9,) thereby making twelve single spokes, and the lips on the shoulder or sleeve can be shaped as loops, and thus constructed the curved ends of the spokes can be passed under the loops and the wheel tightened by the nut or burr c, as before described.

The metal hubs described may each have a wooden boxing, Z1, confined in position by a set-screw, b, as shown in Fig. 6, and thus it will be seen that I have an exceedingly light and cheap wheel, while at the same time it can always be kept solid and firm.

The wheel-landside A is attached to an oblique axle, a, said oblique axle a at its lower end passing through a bearing-orifice in the V-shaped arm K, bolted to the mold-board or plow proper, M, and forming a support for one end of said axle and the wheel-landside A. The axle a at its upper end passes through another bearing-oriiice in the extension H of the beam H, (which beam and extension will be hereinafter described,) and is, with the wheel-landside A, supported at said end. The axle ay is extended inwardly and provided with a ball, z, on its end, by which it is attached to the arched support, said ball fitting in a socketbearing, s', which passes loosely through a slot, :2, in the lower part of the right leg C? of said arched support or axletree, and is fastened by a nut, :3, on the inside of said leg. The ball-and-socket joint formed by the ball z and socket-bearing z permits the angle of the axle a and wheel A to be changed as may be needed to properly receive the pressure ofthe mold-board, and also the oblique wheel A to be raised to a vertical position by the bail B2 and lever L when the plow proper is being transported on its wheels A A from one field to another or on the road. The land or left hand wheel A is attached to an axle-arm, a', which moves up and down on the vertical left leg C ot' the arched support or axle-tree and guide and stay rod C, and both wheels A A revolve freely on their axle-arms a a.

From the horizontal part of the arched supportor axle-tree the guide and stay rod CL is extended down parallel with the left leg of said support, and is fastened in the plate g, and to this rod and the leg C' of the support the axle-arm a is iitted by means of vertically-formed passages in it, one of which contains a fricton-roller, j, for the guide-rod C to slide against in moving up and down. The axlearm a has a vertical slotted or notched bar, j", which is 011 the front side of the left leg C of the arched support, and in the same friction-rollersf2-one at each end of the barare applied. By means of the roller f f2 the axle is stayed and guided truly up and down. To this axle-arm a two connecting-bars, h, are secured by a pivot-pin, and the upper ends of these bars are connected by another pivot-pin to a lever, L', which is pivoted to a notched sector-plate, h, fastened on top of the horizontal part of arched support. \Vith this construction aud mode of operating the land or left-hand wheel liability to bind is obviated, and a strong and durable supportfor the landwheel is secured.

bail B2.

The V-shaped arm l, forming the lowei1 and outer support for the wheel-landside H, has its braces k k so bent as to iit the mold-board, and the ends of these braces kk are slotted at L k, and are bolted through said slots to the mold-board. These slots k k, in conjunction with the ball-joint at z z, permit the arm K to be raised or lowered, thus raising or lowering the outer end of the axle a, and so changing the inclination of the wheel-landside A to properly receive the pressure from the moldboard.

The plow-beam consists of two parts, H H, formed respectively of fiat bar metal or plates, bent as shown, and set up edgewise, and the two parts H H are connected together almost directly over the junction of the lay and moldboard of the plow by means of the round end or transverse horizontal pivot part B3 of the The portion H of the beam is bent into a loop, d, at the middle of the length of the metal plate of which it is formed, and extends some distance forward of the pivot B, between the branches of the part H, and rests down upon a transverse horizontal bar, I, extending across the under side of said part H, and by this means the part H is made to form with part H a rigid beam with respect to any downward pressure upon the joint at B8 when the beam is horizontal on top,and allexible or y upwardly-bending beam with respect to any pressure that may be brought against said joint. The part H is also bent into a bow or circle, d, at the middle, said bowed portion forming the front end of the beam, from which rear branches diverge in opposite directions, extendingclose along the outside of the front end of the portion H. The rear ends of the portion H are made to converge toward each other as they extend back of pivot B", coming almost together` shortly in the rear of pivot B, running thence parallel a sufficient dis- -tanee to receive the upper end of the standard N, which standard is securely bolted through both branches ofthe portion H, and from the standard both of said branches further converge, coming closely together near the rear of the standard N, and thence running together to the rear end of the beam-extension, being united either by welding or rivets. part H ofthe beam in rear of the standard N is bent or curved outwardly and downward at a suflicieutly oblique angle toward the wheel-landside A to properly receive the axle a, and thus, in connection with leg C, form a support or bearing therefor. The other end of the axle a is supported in the bearingbracket K, extending back from the under side of the mold-board, as shown.

The bracket or arm which forms the bearing 7; is set lower than the extension-beam bearing 7.1, and the axle c of the wheel-landside may, by means of the bearing k3, lie so inclined as to bring the periphery of the wheel at any necessary angle with the furrow-angle so as to properly receive the pressure on the IOO IIO

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mold-board, thus making the plow run evenly and truly, and this angle can be nicely secured by the slots 7c k in the bracket-arms, through which the fastening-bolts pass into the mold-board.

The bail B2 is a fiat bar or plate set up edgewise, and bent or curved somewhat like the letter S, and to its forward end is riveted or welded the transverse horizontal round pivot B3, forming the pivot of the joint in the beam H H. The rear part of the bail B2 is provided with several holes, into any one of which a pivot, e, forming part of the plate g, passes, andjoined to it by the hinge D2.

By means of the holes in the bail the bail can be lengthened or shortened to set the plow to run truly or properly with the sulky.

The lever L, pivoted to the notched sector h, is attached to the bail B'l by means of the doubled connecting rod or bar s s, attached to the bail near the forward end, and the single rod s', attached at first bend or curve in the bail, as shown.

The rod or bar s is provided with a loop,

s, at its upper end, by which it is attached to the pivot-pin t* in the end of the lever L. Vhen the lever L is down, the pivot-pin t* rests in the lower end of the slot s4, and when the bail B'L is raised by the lever Land rods s s for the purpose vof throwing the point of the plow out of the ground, the pivot-pin t4 simply passes up to the upper end of slot s", and no strain is put upon the rod or bar 8'; but when it is desired to raise the wheel-landside A from an oblique to a vertical position, then the lever L is still further raised, putting the strain on rod s', together with doubled rod s s, the rod s' giving the crank motion to the bail B2, which cants the beam H H toward the land-wheel, also depresses the front portion, H, and raises the portion H of the same, and adjusts or changes the wheel A from an oblique toa vertical position. The bail B27 by reason of its double curve, its motion on pivot e, the motion at the hinge D, the location of the points of attachment of the rods s s s', and the slot s4 in rod s, has a compound or double motion or a rising crank motion imparted to it when it is raised by the lever L, rst raising the plow directly out of the ground at the point, and then when the plow is out of the `ground by further raising it with the lever L, rods s s, and bail B2 the beam H H is caused to cant and the wheel A is raised by this means from an oblique to a vertical position.

The tongue-extension -E2 is attached to the arched support by' means ofastrap, X, around the right leg, C2, of said support and stayed by means of the diagonal brace a from the tongue to the top of arched support. This tongue-extension is provided with two supports, q q', for the tongue.

The tongue T is fastened to the tongue-support q' by means of the pivot t, and at its rear end is ysupported by a metal sector, g3, the end of which toward the tongue-extension being plvot, i

perforated, so that by means of the pin t2 and holes in sector the rearV end of the tongue can be moved in or out to regulate the amount of land taken by the plow. vBy entirely removing the pin t2 the tongue can be swung toward the sulky at right angles to the tongue-extension, thus permitting the plow and team to be turned in the shortest possible space.

O is a strap or bar attached to the end of the beam H by a link, t5, and to side of tongueextension E2, near its end, by a pin, t3. The strap O is held on pin t3 by a notched latch, o", pivoted to tongue-extension E? by a screw- This strap O serves for holding the front end of the beam H down in its place when said beam is raised and also for preventing said end of beam dropping below its proper position.

The standard N of the plow is widened or spread out at the point under the lay and mold-board. in order to afford the necessary support to the lay and mold-board, and a brace, J, is bolted to the standard N near the top of the mold-board, and er tended obliquely across the under side of the mold-board and lay for further supporting the mold-board and lay.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that my sulky-frame, comprising mainly an arched support, a vertical land-wheel, and an oblique wheel-landside, is placed in the rear of the plow proper, thus affording the rider or plowman every opportunity to see the work he is doing while plowing, and while this is so the best possible support for the wheellandside is obtained, and that the combination of the bail `and ball-and-socket joint enables me to make a sulky with a furrow-side wheel which answers as a wheel-landside while plowing, then as a vertical fellow sulky-wheel to the landside-wheel while the sulky-plow is being transported on the road or off the eld. Further, it will be seen that by the herein-described construction of the sulky-plow wheels I am enabled to make a sulky-plow much lighter, stronger, and firmer than those constructed in the usual manner, and which wheels can be kept tight and solid; and, also, that by the construction and'combination of the beam, bail, and connected parts in the manner described the plow can conveniently and perfectly be thrown into and out of the ground at IOO IIO

the most natural place-viz., the point-without affecting the landside-wheel; and it will also be seen that a very stable means for supporting, guiding, and adjusting the land-wheel are secured; and, finally, that by the whole construction of parts is produced a sulky-plow very simple in construction, and which will operate in any direction, either while plowing or turning around, with very little friction or draft.

I do not claim anything in the plow shown in Letters Patent No. 264,846, except so far as the constructions, parts, and combinations of parts therein shown are employed in different relations and combinations, and for performing functions in such new relations and combinations not accomplished in said patented plow.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plow-sulky having an arched support or axle-tree with a horizontal axle, u', carrying vertical land-wheel A, an oblique axle, u, carrying an oblique wheeldandside, A, and a ball-and-socket-joint connection, whereby the axle c is adjustable to a horizontal posit ion and the oblique wheel-landside A to a vertical position, both ot` said wheels at all times serving as the sulky-wheels and being in the rear ol' thc plow proper, substantiall)Y as and t'or the purpose described.

2. rlhe combination, with a plow,l ot an oblique wheel-landsidc havinga periphery which is in cross-section curved, and is l'ormed ol' a tube, substantially as and tor the purpose described.

3. rlhc bail B2, with its pivot l, and hinge and pivot connection D e, in eolnbination with the jointed beam and the arched support or trame, substantiall)v as and for the purpose described.

4. The bail, in combination with the pivot c and hinge D, rods or bars s', and lever L, substantially as and l'or the purpose described.

5. A plow-beam, ll', provided with a joint between its cnds, which is llexiblc in an upward direction and rigid in a downward direction. in combination with the arched support, wheels A A, and the bail and its lit'ting dcvices. substantially as and for the purpose described.

(5. rl`he combination, with the plow proper, M. of the oblique wheel-landside A, the twopart plow-beam H H, having a vertical ,joint at B", and the arm 1i, with braces K, bolted to the mold-board and forming, with the rear part olplow-beam, bearing for the wheel-land side, substantiall)v as and for the purpose described.

7. The three rollersffzf, all attached to the movable axle or spindle a', one beingr inside on the inner vertical ltlg, C, and two outside on thc outer leg, C, ot the archsupport, and the inside one being on a plane between the outer rollers, in combination with the arched support, its vertical legs C C', plate g, movable t). rlhe tonguercxtension E2, in combination with its strap X, brace u, and bcanrstrap O, latch r, and tongue-supports q q, substantially as and for the purpose described.

lo. The combination ol' the arched support, the two wheels, one having a ball-andsockct joint ctuinectiou, the plow proper, the jointed beam, the bail having a pivot and hinge, and means i'or raising and lowering the plow propcr, aswell as adjusting thewheel-landsidc, substantiall)Y as and l'or the pn rpose described.

NATHANIEL S. BARGER. Vitnesses:

J. B. Griglia, Z. Joxns. 

